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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

#51

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Making outer panel. I bolted the fender in place to mark the correct shape.

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Posted on: 2015/2/19 15:11

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

#52

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Started the front floor pans. The owner brought a set of pans made by Classic2Current Fabrication when he delivered the car . They would work ok for patch panels if you aren't picky but they're nowhere near close enough to use as full replacement panels. Their patterns for the beadwork was laid out wrong, plus they didn't stay on the pattern they laid out. They were also missing the recessed areas for the body mounts. After taking a closer look at them I decided to make my own instead of reworking their pans. Transmission cover laid over the C2C floor pan. Its not even close to being useable around the trans area. There were other issues too.

The front right passenger floor pan was the only pan still in the car. I used it to make a rough pattern, then transferred that to translucent paper. The left/right front pans are mirrored so I can use the same template for both sides.

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Posted on: 2015/2/19 15:16

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

#53

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I transferred the template design onto a piece of sheetmetal and used the transmission cover to check the pattern to see how well the pattern was made. This also allowed me to check the distance between the body mount holes and adjust where necessary.

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Posted on: 2015/2/19 15:19

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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I marked the area that will be bead rolled on the front and back side. The back side marks will be used to pre-stretch the metal with the plannishing hammer. Pre-stretching the beaded areas keeps distortion to a minimum, especially with these 1" wide beads that want to pull a lot of metal from the sides. The bead roller doesn't have to work as hard either, there is a very noticeable difference in the amount of force needed to tighten the dies together.

After rolling the bead I cut a section of 1" I.D. tubing to shape the ends of the beads. The bead roller only shapes the sides so the end of the bead doesn't look finished and leaves the area distorted.

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Posted on: 2015/2/19 15:26

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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Pre-stretching and using the modified tubing to flatten the ends of the beads keeps the panel flat. Also keeps it from oil-canning. Pics have a straight edge to show how flat the panels are.

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Posted on: 2015/2/19 15:28

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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Finished up most of the work on the front 2/3 floor pans. Still need to make the rear floors and pans under the rear seat. I made patterns for the other floor sections using only pictures and measurements of another car in Dillard GA.

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Posted on: 2015/2/19 15:33

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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The original battery cover door was missing it's retaining tab so I made a new one and welded it on.

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Posted on: 2015/2/19 15:35

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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Front passenger side pan. This side had an extra cut out for a small transmission inspection cover. The other two pictures are from pre-stretching the body mount area before bead rolling the shape into the panel.

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